However, nothing works like the great old movies that she
has known and loved for years. Doris Day, Errol Flynn or one of those great old
musicals will keep her smiling and singing along in delight. The old movies are
the ones she loved when she was young, that she watched with my dad and that
she still recognizes when she doesn’t remember the person with whom she was
just talking. Oh, did I mention that the best movies, the movies she remembers
so well that she will stay up late to watch them, would be anything with John
Wayne in it?! Well I should have. She
wanted to go to bed at 4:00 and here we are, 3 hours later and one and a half
John Wayne movies in and she’s wide awake and unwilling to go to bed until John
Wayne saves the day! She may not remember which movie it is, but she does
remember that John Wayne will always save the day!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Entertainment
We have found that staying awake is easier when we are
watching a great movie…. or a really fun movie. We are drawn to the animated
children’s movies, as a rule. Films like Tangled, Toy Story or the Ice Age
films are almost always a guaranteed hit. Other non-animated kids movies, such
as the newer version of Peter Pan, Babe or Nim’s Island are also great choices.
They have plots that are easy to follow and, when she can’t follow the plots
any more, Mom enjoys the large gesture laughs and the goofy situations. She enjoys
the whimsy of animals talking, or children flying and delightedly fighting
pirates. She can watch them over and over again and enjoy them just like it was
the first time she’s seen them. She will also marvel each “first time” that I
know all the words to the little songs in the movies… Yes, a good old children’s movie works
wonders for a sleepy mind.
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